In Asheville, Addie Edwards had 10 points to lead Roberson over West in a low-scoring affair. West's only double-digit scorer was Kevin Thomas with 16. Other scorers for West were Young 6, Roberts 3, Grant 2, Reeves 1 and Landreth 2. Also scoring for Roberson were McKeithan 8, Beale 2, Holland 3 and Pressley 8. West's JV team won in overtime, 51-48. West falls to 1-2, while Roberson improves to 1-2.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Lady Falcons win, West boys fall to Enka
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 11:42 p.m.
Perhaps West Henderson's Lady Falcons would like to play in the school's old gymnasium every game.
With rain forcing Wednesday's varsity games against Enka from the usual venue, West's girls made a big second-half comeback to earn their first win of the season, 49-39. Foul trouble hurt a fourth-quarter comeback by the West boys in a 64-62 loss.
Enka scored the last 10 points in the first half to take a 24-13 lead into intermission as the Lady Falcons struggled against a 1-3-1 zone.
"They couldn't guard us man-to-man and they went to a 1-3-1 zone against us," said Robbie Lowrance, after his first win as varsity head coach. "The girls just froze up. It took us until the third quarter to remember that we can shoot the basketball."
Senior Kaitlyn Burton, one of two Lady Falcon starters to pick up two fouls in the first quarter, started the comeback with back-to-back 3-pointers. Burton's outside shooting sparked a 16-0 West run in the third quarter.
West (1-2) would trail just once more, at 37-36, early in the fourth quarter.
"I put my seniors on the spot (at halftime) and they showed up," said Lowrance.
Junior Ashley Rogers also showed up, scoring 14 of her game-high 17 points in the second half. Burton scored all 12 of her points in the second half.
Hali Bosma had 10 points to lead Enka.
Enka forward Corey Hensley scored a game-high 34 points as the Jets held off a late Falcon charge in the boys game.
Hensley hit three 3s in the first quarter, scoring all 16 Enka points in the period. The 6-foot-8 junior also hit seven of his eight foul shots in the fourth quarter.
A spider bite sidelined Falcon starter Matt Roberts. His absence, combined with foul trouble, hurt West's rotation.
West starters Colby Thelen and Kevin Thomas both picked up their fourth fouls early in the third quarter.
Enka took advantage to build a 59-47 lead, the largest of the game, with around three minutes to play.
West responded with a 10-1 run, capped by a 3 from Jordan Bell, to cut the deficit to 60-57 with 1:22 remaining.
Thelen then hit a 3 with 9.5 seconds left to make the score 63-62. After Hensley hit one from the line, Thelen's desperation shot at the buzzer was wide.
Keenan Young led West with 18 points while Thomas finished with 12.
West (1-2) will travel to T.C. Roberson on Friday for another non-conference game.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Cavs sweep the Falcons, Lady Falcons at West
Times-News Staff Writer
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:10 p.m.
After hitting three 3-pointers in the first quarter of Monday's non-conference home game against East Rutherford, West Henderson's boys basketball team became gun shy.
The Falcons managed just three field goals in the fourth quarter — none in the final 3:35 — of a 47-38 loss. The visiting Cavaliers used back-to-back 3s in the fourth to break a 36-36 tie and got a game-high 20 points from sophomore guard Rob Gray.
Falcon coach Rob Bliss said if he had an answer for why his team stopped looking for shots he'd "be sitting in the Bahamas sending e-mails to coaches all over the world."
"We're just uncomfortable," he said. "You can just see it in our faces — we're uncomfortable shooting the basketball. You could see, down the line we didn't want the basketball. We didn't want shots. We just kind of avoided it, to be honest."
Junior Kevin Thomas hit two 3s in the first quarter on his way to a team-high 16 points as West took a 12-5 lead at the end of the period. But the Falcons went almost four minutes without a field goal to start the second as East Rutherford battled back to tie the score at halftime.
"I think we missed some shots and then all of a sudden it became a struggle," Bliss said. "We lost confidence in our ability."
Junior forward Devinci Boykins hit a tough 3 from the corner to snap a 36-all tie in the fourth, and West could respond with only one more field goal, a driving layup from Thomas, the rest of the way.
Boykins, along with Gray, gives East Rutherford two Division I prospects. Bliss was happy that West (1-1) was able to hold the opposition under 50 points for the second straight game.
"We held a really, really good basketball team under 50 points," he said. "They physically were much quicker than us, but we were able to use our strength and were able to help each other (on defense). We were able to rebound with a team that was more athletic than we were."
Keenan Young scored eight points for West, which hosts Enka on Wednesday, while Weston Landreth grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
Another precocious underclassman was able to lead East Rutherford in the girls game. Freshman Shaquisha Dawkins scored a game-high 29 points to lead to the Lady Cavaliers to a 56-43 victory.
East took control of a tight game by outscoring West 20-10 in the second quarter and was able to hold off every Lady Falcon charge in the second half at the foul line. The Lady Falcons picked up their seventh team foul with just less than a minute remaining in the third quarter and their 10th early in the fourth.
"We didn't move our feet," said first-year Lady Falcon coach Robbie Lowrance. "We used our hands instead of using our bodies."
West (0-2) cut the deficit to nine on a field goal from Ashley Rogers early in the fourth but would get no closer.
Senior Summer Kremer had a team-high 13 points while Rogers finished with nine. The Lady Falcons, who have not been at full strength yet this season thanks to illness, were willing to run with a team that also likes to play an up-tempo game.
"We're going to have to (run)," Lowrance said. "We're small so we can't wait around and set up in the halfcourt."
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
West falls to Hibriten
Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
LENOIR — Hibriten’s bats were popping and Bryan Tuttle made sure West Henderson’s weren’t Tuesday as the Panthers posted a 6-0 second-round win over the perennially strong program from Hendersonville.
The victory was mostly about advancing — Hibriten will now play East Rutherford on Friday — but it was also about erasing a blemish many of the team’s players received two years ago. When the current seniors were playing as underclassmen on varsity, the 2007 Panthers took a 12-1 whipping at West, and those that remain in Panther red and black, hadn’t forgotten.
“I’m glad those little sophomores grew up,” Hibriten coach Terry Henthorne said.
Tuttle, the loser in the game two seasons ago, tossed a dominant, complete-game, three-hitter and struck out six this time around.
“When he’s on the mound, we know we have a chance to win,” Hibriten first baseman Jack Howard said. “He absolutely shut down a good offensive team.”
Tuttle allowed just two base knocks after Tyler Isgett’s double led off the game.
“I think the best thing for Bryan was the opening shot,” Henthorne said.
Hibriten (19-6) gave Tuttle almost instant run support, scoring a run in the bottom of the first when Trent Reynolds hit into a fielder’s choice. Reynolds barely beat the throw to first to avoid a double play and the inning’s third out as Matt Edwards, who had singled, scored from third.
“When we got the first run, I knew we were going to put more up, so I wasn’t too worried about it,” Tuttle said.
The Panthers did most of their damage in a four-run third inning. After Howard’s RBI-double to center and Reynolds’ RBI-single over first, West coach Jim Hyatt replaced starter Dillon Baker with Kyle Davis. With no outs and a runner on, Davis got Dylan Crump to foul out to catcher Forrest Koontz, but his first pitch to the next batter, Gavin Christian, ended up in the trees behind the left-field wall. Christian’s first homer of the season was a moonshot, and it gave Hibriten a 5-0 lead.
“This time of year, the second round of the playoffs, you’re not going to get thrown batting practice,” Henthorne said. “You’re going to have to work to come through with the clutch hits and we did.”
Hibriten totaled nine hits on the night and looked more like the team that won the Catawba Valley Athletic Conference outright than it had in a few games.
“We looked more relaxed at the plate, I have to say,” said Howard, who was 3-for-4 with two doubles. “We weren’t lunging at curveballs in the dirt (like we did against North Surry Saturday).”
It was Howard who provided Hibriten’s final run in the fourth. Facing the third Falcon pitcher, Taylor Reeves, Howard doubled to left to score Matt Edwards, who had singled.
The defense helped Tuttle, who struck out the side in the third, all night.
In the first, Joel Woods and Howard combined for a 5-3 double play to get the Panthers out of the inning. In the fifth, Matt Roberts appeared to have a hit past Howard when the grounder bounced off the first baseman. But Edwards fielded the ball at second and threw to Tuttle covering first to get the out. And after Reeves singled in the seventh, the Panthers closed the game with a 4-6-3 double play (Edwards to Austin Beard to Howard).
“We are here to stay,” Howard said. “People have been doubting the CVAC, saying we’re weak. But we’re strong and we’re here to show it.”
The Panthers will host Friday’s third-round game. East Rutherford defeated Bunker Hill 6-1 Tuesday. Last year, East Rutherford defeated Hibriten 9-4 in the regional semifinals en route to a state finals appearance.
West’s season concluded with an 18-6 record.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
West crushes Pisgah!
West: 1 0 3 0 7 3 x — 14 15 3
Pisgah: 0 3 1 0 0 0 x — 4 6 3
Winning pitcher: Tyler Austin (3-2) (2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BBs)
Losing pitcher: Will Leatherwood (2 1/3 IP, 8 R, 6 ER, 9 H, 0 Ks, 1 BB)
Leading hitters: West — Austin 2-for-3, home run, double; Jesse Ivens 1-for-2, home run; Daniel Hyatt 2-for-2; Dillon Baker 1-for-2; Matt Roberts 2-for-2. Pisgah — Wesley Pope 2-for-4; Josh Piurowski 2-for-3, home run.
Highlights: This was a Western Athletic Conference game.
Records: West, 13-4, 5-1 WAC; Pisgah, 7-7, 2-4.
Next game: West, Monday vs. North Buncombe.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Falcons pull off win over rival Knights
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:50 p.m.
Neither of West Henderson’s first two pitchers made it out of the first inning and the Falcons still found a way to pull out a 14-8 home victory over rival North Henderson on Tuesday.
By the time Tyler Austin became the third Falcon right-hander to take the mound in the top of the first inning, North had a 5-0 lead with the bases still loaded. With two outs, North’s Cameron Brogden then lined a laser to center field on Austin’s first pitch but a spectacular diving grab by Zack Beard robbed Brogden of extra bases and at least two RBIs.
West starter Daniel Hyatt and reliever Dillon Baker combined to issue five walks in the first.
“I thought Tyler did a nice job in a tough spot. He didn’t have any warm-up pitches,” said West coach Jim Hyatt. “The strike zone was about the size of a dime in the first inning. North showed up to play at game time and we waited until about 30 minutes later.”
The Falcons finally started chipping away at North starter Kevin Searcy in the third inning. Austin’s two-run home run capped a four-run frame to pull West within one run.
After North scored twice to stretch the lead back to 7-4 in the top of the fourth, West took the lead for good with five in the bottom half with the help of one of four Knight errors.
A bad defensive night for North was highlighted by a lost fly ball, which resulted in a three-run double by Jesse Ivens, in the bottom of the sixth. Ivens’ two-out hit capped a five-run sixth as the Falcons put the game away.
“We’re lucky that we swung the bats well enough to overcome a five-spot (in the first),” Hyatt said. “We’ve not shown that we can do that, so I was pleased with that.”
West wraps up the first swing through the Western Athletic Conference with a 4-1 league record while North drops to 1-4.
“We’re not taking advantage of opportunities, other teams are taking advantage and that’s sort of been the story of it,” said visibly frustrated North coach Bill Rice.
Austin picked up the win, allowing just two hits and three runs in 6 1/3 innings of relief.
All nine Falcon starters scored at least one run. Hyatt and lead-off hitter Tyler Isgett scored three apiece.
Searcy, who became the first Henderson County senior to commit to Blue Ridge Community College this season, took a tough-luck loss. He was charged with nine runs, five earned, on seven hits in six-plus innings. The right-hander struck out nine.
“Kevin pitched a hell of a game,” Rice said.
Brogden walked three times and scored three times while Jordan Brunelle, Hunter Donaldson and Jacob Maxwell had run-scoring doubles.
North will host rival East Henderson on Friday while West has a non-conference game at home today against Tuscola.
Linescore
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North:;5 0 0;2 0 1;0;—;8;4;4
West:;0 0 4;5 0 5;x;—;14;11;2
Winning pitcher: Austin (6 1/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 5 Ks, 5 BBs)
Losing pitcher: Searcy (6 IP, 9 R, 5 ER, 7 H, 9 Ks, 3 BBs)
Friday, April 10, 2009
West wins over Smoky Mountain
West Henderson 21
Smoky Mountain 10
r h e
West: 0 7 5 0 2 8 x — 21 20 3
Smoky: 0 0 5 0 5 0 x — 10 10 3
Winning pitcher: Taylor Reeves (3 IP, 5 R, 1 ER, 7 H, 3 Ks, 2 BBs)
Losing pitcher: Lee (2 IP, 9 R, 9 ER, 7 H, 1 Ks, 4 BBs)
Leading hitters: West — Forrest Koontz 2-for-4, HR, five RBIs, Daniel Hyatt 2-for-4, HR, three RBIs, Matt Roberts 4-for-5, two RBIs. Smoky Mountain — Hodgin 2-for-3, Mincey 2-for-3.
Records: West, 9-2, 3-1 WAC Smoky 2-2 WAC.
Next game: West, Monday vs. McDowell in West’s spring break tournament.
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